Also known as Polly Phillips. She was the sister of Nancy Phillips who married John Hardin.

She is believed to have been a part of the Hagans-Cockrill 1853 immigration.

From Leona Mastan (email, 12 July 2004):

Sacred

To

the memory of

Mary,

Wife of

Henry Hardin

Born in Jefferson Co. KY.

March 1st 1803,

Died January 4th 1866.

___________________

She united with the M. E. Church A. D. 1820.

In 1844 she connected herself with the M. E. Church South

and was a faithful and consistent member of that Church

until her death

She died in the full triumphs of ____ (faith?)

"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ____ saith ____

Spirit, that they may rest from their labor ____ _____ ____

do follow them."

'Tis finished 'tis done the spirit is fled

The prisoner is gone, the christian is dead

The christian is living through Jesus love

And gladly receiving a kingdom above'

___________________

This is engraved on the top of her above ground crypt. M. E. Church is Methodist Episcopal Church. Mary later joined the Methodist Episcopal Church South. My gr gr gr grandfather Rev. John T. Cox (1800-1860), who is also buried in Macedonia Cemetery was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.